How Many Times You'll Fall in Love Before Meeting "The One"

Plus way more dating stats that will seriously shock you

Wouldn't it be great if there were a perfect formula for finding The One? Like after two years of online dating, four annoying exes, and seven coffee dates that went absolutely nowhere, you knew you would magically meet the person you'd spend the rest of your life with? A recent study came pretty close to crunching these numbers. Apparently, the average woman will kiss 15 men and be in love twice before settling down with The One, according to a recent survey commissioned by the book The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion and reported on in The Telegraph.

The survey was given to 2,000 people in the UK who had already found their "one" to determine just how much singles have to endure before they tie the knot. It also found that the average woman will go on four bad dates, be stood up once, have four one-night stands, and rack up seven sexual partners before finding The One. Uh, where was the Nicholas Sparks movie about that!?

But don't worry if your numbers aren't exactly in line with these. (Just four bad dates? Let's be real.) This is in no way scientific proof that you won't get married until you kiss 15 frogs. These are averages and not representative of any one person, but it's still an interesting way to see how your love life stacks up against the rest of the dating pool.

TELL US: What do you think of these numbers? Too low? Too high? Let us know in the comments.

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